HERE AND NOW
Magnitude by Art Collective A-in-Wonderland
As I entered down the steps of the ex-bunker I was given a torch and instructions to go exploring. As I walked through the smell of wheat hit my nose, a drip drip drip drip filled my ears and the cold brought goosebumps running up my arm. As I walked around with my dimly lit touch I came across hanging chunks of ice that was slowly melting onto the 'wheat fields'. On closer examination, shards of bricks, mud and moss and animals where starting to show as the ice melted.
What inspired me about the artwork is one artists from the art collective, Paula Biemans.
I spoke to her about .Experience art. Audience engagement..Artwork existing in the now.Making art for and from the soul
Creating an experience for the audiance (smell, touch, sight, sound) how that can invite the audience to have a deeper connection with the artwork. It is through this connection that we can create a dialogue about the artworks and the issues it raises.
As people come and go the experience of the artwork changes. Shadows run up and down the walls, the crunching of the wheat is more apparent. One can see more of the objects suspended in the air.
It is only exists NOW. This artwork constantly changes. It is never still. Every time you re-look something is different. Something has changed. It echoes the dialogue about temporal time. How installation/experiential art is always changing/evolving/moving. It is never still.
Make art from and for the soul. Most importantly... do not create for others or what people expect you to make. Then you are not making for you, you will not enjoy the process if you are in the mind space to 'please-others' You are not showing your depiction of the world, how you see, feel.
Give others a chance to see how you see the world. How you creatively put things together to create your 'reality'...It is through speaking your sacred truth that you can connect with others and their sacred truths.
